by BFI Week | Mar 28, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
When Tyler Tryan rode into the box at high callback in the Hooey Jr. BFI on March 28, his little brother Braylon was winning the roping. Braylon, at barely 18, is already a 9.5 heeler (their dad Clay Tryan is the richest BFI roper in history). Tyler had been...
by Julie Mankin | Mar 28, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
Spring is for new beginnings – and a shakeup in Sunday’s BFI roster. After three yearson and off together, two-time World Champion Header Clay Smith, 34, and two-timeNFR heeler Coleby Payne, 27, will get back together for the world’s toughest jackpot.That means...
by Julie Mankin | Mar 27, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
A whopping 468 teams of roping’s up-and-coming ranks converged on Guthrie March 28 for the Hooey Jr. BFI 10.5, with a pair of best friends from Missouri earning the six-figure prize. John Cole Van Loan, 17, and Paden Evans, 19, are both straight 5s who live...
by BFI Week | Mar 27, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
A group of four or five families decided to haul together out to Guthrie’s Wrangler BFI Week from California with their kids, who are best friends, and it paid off in spades on Day One. Braydee Bourdet of Hollister is just 15 and roped three calves in 11.56 seconds to...
by BFI Week | Mar 26, 2026 | Press-Release, Uncategorized
Veteran team roper Megan Gunter and young Chenoa VandeStouwe, fresh out of college, only met each other at the end of the Lazy E Arena after they caught their first steer in Thursday’s Charlie 1 Horse All Girl Team Roping. The draw team roped all four steers in...
